Saliva ban to D/N Test against India: Here's what Mitchell Starc said

The International Cricket Council (ICC) issued guidelines, saying that saliva cannot be used by players to shine the ball

Australia cricket team’s spearhead Mitchell Starc on Tuesday said that an even contest between bat and ball should be maintained to let viewers and players enjoy cricket. His remark came in as International Cricket Council (ICC) issued guidelines, saying that saliva cannot be used by players to shine the ball.
 
"I understand that completely and hear what they are saying in terms of a foreign substance, but whether that can be controlled by the umpires in terms of they have a portion of the wax and you can only use a small amount, I don't know, but there needs to be a maintaining of the even contest," cricket website ESPNCricinfo quoted Starc.

"I understand what they're saying with foreign substances and that it's black and white in terms of that, but it's an unusual time for the world and if they're going to remove saliva shining for a portion of time they need to think of something else for that portion of time as well," he added.